[Homer_J_Simpson]

British Enter Vire (Daniel) – 2-3
After the Smoke of Battle Cleared in St. Lo (page 1 photo) – 3
McNair Killed by American Bomb that Fell Short in St. Lo Attack – 3-4
Big Planes Attack 3 Times in France – 4
Canada Says Nazis Shot 19 Prisoners – 4
War News Summarized – 5
Germans Admit Rommel was Wounded; Has Concussion but Will Live, Berlin Says – 5
Russians Resisted (Lawrence) -5-6
New Airfield Won in Guam Invasion (Horne) – 7
Japanese Gaining East of Hengyang – 7
Aitape Japanese Hammered in Trap – 7-8
Shimada is Ousted in Tokyo Shake-Up – 8
Our Gains Listed (Daniell) – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-12
Front-Line Bombing (Baldwin) – 12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/aug44/03aug44.htm#

Allies capture Myitkyina
Thursday, August 3, 1944 www.onwar.com

In Burma... A joint Sino-American force captures Myitkyina, in the northeast. Most of the Japanese garrison has successfully withdrawn.

In the Mariana Islands... On Guam, the US 77th Division (part of US 3rd Amphibious Corps) advances on the east side of the island after the Japanese fall back. The Japanese defensive positions on Mount Santa Rosa are shelled by American warships.

On the Western Front... Elements of the US 8th Corps (Middleton), part of US 3rd Army, engage German defenders in Rennes while other elements by-pass the city. To the left, advancing forces of US 1st Army capture Mortain.

On the Eastern Front... Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front seizes crossings over the Vistula River, south of Sandomierz, over 110 miles south of Warsaw.

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[henkster]

Today's big map. By the way, the logo in the top left corner "Chef WFSt" stands for "Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes im Oberkommando der Wehrmacht," or Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command. That position was held by Gen. Alfred Jodl. These are his maps, and presumably they were used in Hitler's daily briefings.

[henkster]

Here is the Panzer Group West sector. The eastern part around Caen is still holding, but the British are crumpling back Panzer Group West's left wing:

[henkster]

Here is the 7th Army sector. LXXXIV Corps has re-appeared on the map, but it's not clear what units it controls. XXXXVII looks like it's carrying the brunt of the fighting. If I were the Germans, I would not like the way 7th Army looks like it's being herded into a pocket.

[henkster]

The situation south of 7th Army toward Rennes. Forget Brittany; it sure looks like the Americans are doing an "end run" around the wide open left wing of 7th Army. And that planned deployment of a relatively immobile 700 series coastal defense division isn't going to stop it.